David Byrne: Beleza Tropical

Digitally remastered edition with new notes from David Byrne. "Wow when did this first come out? 1989? Over 30 years ago! I listened to some of the songs yesterday and, well, they hold up, they're truly timeless songs. In my notes at the time, I wrote about the way this music joined musical sophistication with memorable pop melodies and often social and political commentary. Like Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On', this music mixed sensuality with pointed social engagement. I learned that though we often feel like screaming we can also couch our awareness and frustrations in beauty and rhythm-which often makes a more seductive and effective argument than a scream-though a scream can be pretty damn cathartic for sure. But as beautiful as the songs sound their message was pointed enough that some of these artists were jailed and forced into exile. Beauty can be pointed." -David Byrne, 2021.

Tracklist

Jorge Ben - Ponta de Lanca Africano
Maria Bethânia & Gal Costa - Sonho Meu
Gilberto Gil - Só Quero UM Xodó
Caetano Veloso - UM Canto de Afoxé Para O Bloco de Ilê (Ilê Ayê) 
Caetano Veloso - O Leãozinho 
Chico Buarque - Caçada 
Chico Buarque - Cálice
Milton Nascimento - San Vincente 
Gilberto Gil - Quilombo, O El Dorado Negro 
Jorge Ben - Caramba! ... Galileu S Galileia
Nazaré Pereira - Caixa de SOL
Nazaré Pereira - Maculelê
Caetano Veloso - Queixa 
Gilberto Gil - Andar Com Fé 
Jorge Ben - Fio Maravilha
Milton Nascimento - Anima 
Caetano Veloso - Terra